Wine Cellar Air Conditioning

Wine is sensitive to swings in temperature and to dry air. A standard split system is built to cool people, not bottles: it drops the temperature quickly, dries the room out and switches off, which is exactly the cycle a cellar should avoid.

A cellar system is sized and controlled to hold a narrow band, typically around 12 to 14 degrees, while keeping humidity in a range that protects corks and labels.

Where the cellar is a feature room, we conceal the equipment and duct the supply and return so nothing interrupts the joinery or the glass. Where space is tight, a through wall or split cellar unit is often the simpler answer.

We look at the room size, glazing, insulation, bottle capacity and where the heat can be rejected, then recommend the arrangement that suits the build.